SHARE Scholarship by SHARE EU ASEAN Batch 2 - Taylor's University, Malaysia

Hi everyone! How's your day? Is it nice? Hahaha.

Due to a lot of people asking me why I'm living in Malaysia right now, let me share some things to you. I will make it as simple as possible and I will write it as FAQ format. I'll write some points of what are the frequently asked questions from the next batch applicants of SHARE Scholarship to me.

First I will introduce myself :)
Hey! My name is Sonia. Actually I'm a 2nd year Accounting student in Diponegoro University, Indonesia. I moved to Malaysia 2 weeks ago in order to completing my exchange semester in Taylor's University, Malaysia.

Waitt, semester?
Yes, I will be living here in Malaysia for one semester, or around 5 months. From March 20th, 2017 till July 31st, 2017.

How about the cost? Should I pay anything or is it free?
It's FREE at all. Because I'm getting fully-funded scholarship from the European Union (EU).

It looks so interesting. What kind of program is that?
The name of the program is SHARE Scholarship. I was selected as one of the awardees of EU-SHARE Scholarship Batch 2. This scholarship has a purpose to support higher education in ASEAN region. The awardees can select to go abroad for one semester fully-funded exchange in another ASEAN countries (for batch 1 & 2) or to ASEAN/Europe countries (for batch 3 & 4).

Fully funded - What kind of things are covered by SHARE Scholarship?
Okay, as an Accounting student, let me break down what I've got from this scholarship :)
I will count it using EUR (euro) and then convert it to IDR and MYR.

• Tuition fees (for International Business in Taylor's University) : EUR 3.530
• Settling in Allowance : +/- EUR 150
• Visa Fees (at cost) : +/- EUR 150 
• Health Insurance : +/-EUR 150 
• International Flight Tickets (round-trip) : +/- EUR 160 
• Domestic Flight Tickets : +/- EUR 140 
• Dormitory & Electricity Bills (for 5 months) : +/- EUR 1.200  
• Monthly Allowance (for 5 months; already reduced by the dormitory costs) : +/- EUR 1.500 
• Study Materials : +/- EUR 100

TOTAL = EUR 7080 = +/- MYR 33.500 = +/- IDR 100.700.000 

So that is the total amount of scholarship that I received for studying in Taylor's University, Malaysia. Different universities and different countries are getting different amount of scholarship benefits based on which country you are lived in. For example for those who are applying in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam, they will get smaller amount than those who are studying in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand. It depends on the scholarship regulation that based on the cost of living in every countries.

Which universities that I can apply to?
Here's are the list of the universities that you can apply to. For getting the information about the requirements for each universities, you can access to each university's website.

1. Cambodia: Royal University of Phnom Penh, University of Cambodia, Phnom Penh International University, National University of Management Cambodia
2. Indonesia: Universitas Indonesia, Universitas Diponegoro, Bogor Agricultural University, Bina Nusantara University
3. Lao PDR: National University of Laos, Savannakhet University, Souphanouvong University, Champasack University
4. Malaysia: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Taylor’s University Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
5. Myanmar: University of Yangon, Mandalay University, Myanmar Maritime University, Yangon University of Economics
6. Philippines: University of the Philippines, University of Santo Tomas, De La Salle University, Ateneo de Manila University
7. Thailand: Chulalongkorn University, Payap University, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thammasat University
8. Vietnam: Viet Nam National University, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh University of Technology and Education, Hue University

European universities:

1. University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria
2. University of Ghent, Belgium
3. Université Paul Sabatier – Toulouse III, France
4. University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
5. University College Cork, Ireland
6. University of Groningen, The Netherlands
7. Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
8. Uppsala University, Sweden
9. University of Murcia, Spain
10. Tomas Bata University, Czech Republic

What are the requirements for applying and getting the scholarship?

The general requirement to apply for this scholarship are :

• 1. You are a citizen of ASEAN countries
• 2. You have already finished at least 2 semesters in your home country
• 3. You must be a student in one of the participating universities (active student; have not graduated yet)

Documents needed for applying to SHARE Scholarship's website :

1. Letter of Acceptance (LOA) from the host university 

•  You must get at least one LOA first before applying to  SHARE Scholarship's Website

 2. Recent Academic Transcript in English

•      GPA is very important. You will get a double plus score if your GPA is above 3.50 or one plus score if your GPA is above 3.00.

3. TOEFL Certificate (prediction test is allowed)

•      For Taylor's University Malaysia, the minimum TOEFL score allowed is 550. But for some other universities, 500 would not be a problem.

 4. Letter of Endorsement from home university

•      You can contact the International Office in your home country to get the endorsement letter.

5. Copy of Valid Passport (all pages)
6. Pas Photo (passport size)
7. Medical Certificate (for some universities only)


I think that's all that I can share to you about the information of SHARE Scholarship. I hope that it will be useful for everyone who need it.

List of SHARE Scholarship Awardees Batch 1 :
http://share-asean-eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/SHARE-Batch-1-Awardees.pdf
List of SHARE Scholarship Awardees Batch 2 : http://share-asean.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/SHARE-Batch-2-Awardees.pdf


If you want to know further about the information, you can open the link of SHARE Scholarship's Website : http://share-asean.eu/activities/scholarship/
Or you can just leave a comment in my post or contact me at fransiskasonia@yahoo.co.id :)

Now is your turn. The deadline of SHARE Scholarship Batch 3 is May 22nd, 2017. What do you waiting for? Go apply and get this scholarship!

Tons of luck for all of you <3